Greenland freshwater runoff. Part II: Distribution and trends, 1960-2010

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6015-6035

  Mernild, Sebastian H ^a   Liston, Glen E ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Glaciers; Ice sheets; Land surface model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; LAND AREAS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOCAL SURFACES; MELT DURATION; MELT RATE; MELTING GLACIERS; OCEAN PROCESS; ROUTING MODEL; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SNOW AND ICE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE MASS BALANCE; WEST GREENLAND;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SNOW;

RUNOFF;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; RUNOFF;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84867676790     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00592.1     Document Type: Article

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